because i was so intimidated by the process. >> my mother put you up to this, didn't she? >> the network thought i was too overweight to play the role of myself. >> mother, i've told you about these fix-ups. >> i lost an incredible amount of weight in a short period of time. it affected my weight in a damaging way. i couldn't think about whether or not anything was funny. mom, don't wait up for me. >> i haven't ever seen an asian american family on a sitcom, so in a lot of ways, we learned lessons of how to tell a story about people who are traditionally underrepresented. >> i'm very, very proud that it broke ground. it gave an amazing push to a generation experiencing this great success now. >> if you try to suspend our son because of this, we will sue everyone in this school. >> hey, it's the american way, right? >> you know about that.